For the last 80 years, the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), which describes all electromagnetic interactions, has ...
Point and shoot: the polarization camera is about two centimetres in diameter and uses a metasurface with an array of nanopillars. (Courtesy: Eliza Grinnell/Harvard SEAS) A compact and simple camera ...
A team of physicists has designed quantum algorithms that can model one of the most elusive behaviors in nature: a photon flipping its polarization inside an extreme electromagnetic field. The work, ...
A photon enters an extraordinarily intense laser field. When it exits, its polarization has rotated, as though empty space ...
A new device for rotating the polarization of terahertz radiation has been created by accident by researchers in the US. While practical applications remain unclear, the discovery could boost the ...